The excessive solidarity and the desire to do of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers that every day they approach the towns most affected by the DANA in Valencia It has left everyone affected by this tragedy speechless. It doesn’t matter where they come from and what their way of helping is, whether cleaning, distributing food or talking to a person who lives alone. “There are many wars outside that we don’t live that way here. We don’t care who they vote for, who they arebecause all help is welcome,” explains Jaime Roig, an acquaintance of a Alfafar family who has traveled to this town destroyed by water to contribute his grain of sand. In fact, you will not see him on the streets of the town without his broom and his wellies filled with mud up to his knees.
He is just one of the examples you see here every day. The majority arrive from Valencia as they can. By car, after avoiding endless traffic jams and after abandoning your vehicle in an open field. In fact, most car windows have a sign that reads: “Do not remove, works,” next to the owner’s phone number.
Many others come by bicycle and the vast majority on foot. They are loaded with tools and enthusiasm: they just want minimize the tragedy experienced by all those affected. Of course, it is essential to follow the notices of the town councils and the Valencian Community about which towns to go to so that the help is effective. For example, this Saturday the volunteer access to Paiporta to facilitate the work of heavy machinery.
Belén Vidal is the head of a team of ten people a digital marketing company in Valencia. “The first thing we said when all this happened was that we had to help,” he says. And stop talking because tears fall. Seeing the reality of the people on the front line is impactful. The images show only a small part of the misfortune, but its magnitude is enormous. “So we decided that this time we were in the office was not productive. People had to be where their hearts asked them to be.“adds the 34-year-old woman.
The same Teresa. She has come alone from Madrid. “Due to back problems I cannot make great efforts, but I can help put the donations that arrive in order and why not, make conversation. Yesterday I spent two hours talking to a lady who was alone. I think that is also help and invest your time well. We don’t all have to do the same thing, so everything is welcome“, emphasizes the young woman.
Its motto is clear: “Distribute the most.” They go to the base, fill their backpacks and bags with all the food they can carry and start walking. They go through the less crowded streets of the towns, in this case it was Alfafar, and they look, above all, upwards. To the balconies and windows, where there are people looking for that small box to ask for help. They ask the neighbors they see near a doorway, in case they know of someone in need. And so, for hours. Daily. Day after day.
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